Table 2 of Stewart, Mol Vis 2013; 19:463-475.


Table 2. 14C Data from Layers Peeled from Human Lenses

53 year old
1953–2006 Water-soluble Water-insoluble
Layer F14C ± 14C ± F14C ± 14C ±
1 1.0830 0.0038 75.7 3.8 1.0982 0.0036 90.8 3.6
2 1.1363 0.0038 128.6 3.8 1.1825 0.0044 174.5 4.4
3 1.2791 0.0051 270.4 5.1 1.3658 0.0052 356.6 5.2
4 1.2585 0.0053 250.0 5.3 1.3063 0.0059 297.5 5.9
5 1.1463 0.0041 138.6 4.1 1.0815 0.0045 74.2 4.5
6 1.1689 0.0048 161.0 4.8 na. na. na. na
7 1.0780 0.0039 70.7 3.9 1.0333 0.0046 26.3 4.6
80 year old
1926–2007 Water-soluble Water-insoluble
Layer F14C ± 14C ± F14C ± 14C ±
1 1.1245 0.0039 116.8 3.9 1.1836 0.0042 175.4 4.2
2 1.1918 0.0040 183.6 4.0 1.2165 0.0041 208.1 4.1
3 1.0686 0.0036 61.2 3.6 1.0439 0.0033 36.7 3.3
4 1.0328 0.0037 25.7 3.7 0.9949 0.0041 −11.9 4.1
5 1.0251 0.0040 18.1 4.0 0.9999 0.0033 −7.0 3.3
6 1.0328 0.0034 25.7 3.4 0.9988 0.0033 −8.0 3.3
65 year old
1939–2005 Water-soluble Water-insoluble
Layer F14C ± 14C ± F14C ± 14C ±
1 1.1541 0.0044 146.4 4.4 1.2040 0.0065 196.0 6.5
2 1.1542 0.0051 146.5 5.1 1.2019 0.0049 193.9 4.9
3 1.2738 0.0049 265.4 4.9 1.2914 0.0051 282.8 5.1
4 1.2578 0.0047 249.4 4.7 1.2001 0.0058 192.1 5.8
5 1.1018 0.0042 94.5 4.2 1.0319 0.0039 25.1 3.9